Choreographers Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy’s “Fires of Varanasi” evokes an elaborate ritual where time is suspended and humans merge with the divine.
Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim
Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy, Artistic Directors
Bharatanatyam choreographers Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy’s Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim evokes an elaborate ritual where time is suspended and humans merge with the divine. Through images that reflect the cosmic trinity of Varanasi, India—sacred pilgrimage routes, the Ganges River, and the patron deity Shiva, heightened by the chants of Vedic priests—the choreographers imagine a metaphorical crossing place where one may leave the mundane and enter into
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- Mar 10, 2023 at 07:30 pm (Fri)
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